Comments for Private Stuff (except when not) http://anneturner.wordpress.com Tue, 26 May 2009 17:38:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Emily Dickinson’s funeral procession came here, too by David http://anneturner.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/emily-dickinsons-funeral-procession-came-here-too/#comment-68 David Tue, 26 May 2009 17:38:16 +0000 http://anneturner.wordpress.com/?p=70#comment-68 We miss you, but eagerly await your return. Please write when you can. Peace We miss you, but eagerly await your return. Please write when you can. Peace

]]> Comment on Emily Dickinson’s funeral procession came here, too by SeekingServant http://anneturner.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/emily-dickinsons-funeral-procession-came-here-too/#comment-67 SeekingServant Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:05:40 +0000 http://anneturner.wordpress.com/?p=70#comment-67 We know the loving joy and youthful spirit that has been embodied there by your presence. We were beneficiaries of all of that and more. Know that we sorrow with you as you prepare to leave, but will rejoice as you ready to come here. It's time to make some new memories here in the Commonwealth. Come, make haste, and take rest with us. We know the loving joy and youthful spirit that has been embodied there by your presence. We were beneficiaries of all of that and more. Know that we sorrow with you as you prepare to leave, but will rejoice as you ready to come here. It’s time to make some new memories here in the Commonwealth. Come, make haste, and take rest with us.

]]> Comment on Where do you come from, who are you, what makes you you? (Round 2) by Amanda http://anneturner.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/where-do-you-come-from-who-are-you-what-makes-you-you-round-2/#comment-66 Amanda Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:32:43 +0000 http://anneturner.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/where-do-you-come-from-who-are-you-what-makes-you-you-round-2/#comment-66 I wish that there was no loss in your decision to leave, and, at the same time, I am glad that the Cushman has been a refuge for you in your time there. I don't know - do you think that who we want to be is a distant ideal, especially when we are younger? Maybe the comforting piece in all this is that, through experience with the complexities of life, as we grow older, who we want to be grows closer to the reality of who we are. Also - just to point out - environment has a lot to do with who someone is, I believe that. But I also think that, in this case, it's not you who falls short of who you wanted to be, but the place that falls short of where. Right? I wish that there was no loss in your decision to leave, and, at the same time, I am glad that the Cushman has been a refuge for you in your time there. I don’t know – do you think that who we want to be is a distant ideal, especially when we are younger? Maybe the comforting piece in all this is that, through experience with the complexities of life, as we grow older, who we want to be grows closer to the reality of who we are. Also – just to point out – environment has a lot to do with who someone is, I believe that. But I also think that, in this case, it’s not you who falls short of who you wanted to be, but the place that falls short of where. Right?

]]> Comment on Where do you come from, who are you, what makes you you? (Round 2) by RomeLover http://anneturner.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/where-do-you-come-from-who-are-you-what-makes-you-you-round-2/#comment-65 RomeLover Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:06:40 +0000 http://anneturner.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/where-do-you-come-from-who-are-you-what-makes-you-you-round-2/#comment-65 oh, and to be absolutely truthful, all of this is so familiar. does wishing make it so? does that part of our past mold our future? i think yes, but then wonder if some of my own dreams would feel shrunken in reality. oh, and to be absolutely truthful, all of this is so familiar. does wishing make it so? does that part of our past mold our future? i think yes, but then wonder if some of my own dreams would feel shrunken in reality.

]]> Comment on Where do you come from, who are you, what makes you you? (Round 2) by RomeLover http://anneturner.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/where-do-you-come-from-who-are-you-what-makes-you-you-round-2/#comment-64 RomeLover Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:02:40 +0000 http://anneturner.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/where-do-you-come-from-who-are-you-what-makes-you-you-round-2/#comment-64 ::ahem:: you can, in many ways that would be the important ones, live that life HERE. ((she says, still smiling)) ::ahem::
you can, in many ways that would be the important ones, live that life HERE.
((she says, still smiling))

]]> Comment on Could everyone just keep their bodily fluids to themselves? by SeekingServant http://anneturner.wordpress.com/2009/03/13/could-everyone-just-keep-their-bodily-fluids-to-themselves/#comment-63 SeekingServant Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:23:50 +0000 http://anneturner.wordpress.com/2009/03/13/could-everyone-just-keep-their-bodily-fluids-to-themselves/#comment-63 And what I hear in the back of my mind is "this too shall pass". Sending you prayers that you'll keep your head above it all, your heart in the midst of all of it, and always let your love and humor carry you through it. And what I hear in the back of my mind is “this too shall pass”. Sending you prayers that you’ll keep your head above it all, your heart in the midst of all of it, and always let your love and humor carry you through it.

]]> Comment on The Other Side by Gary http://anneturner.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/the-other-side/#comment-62 Gary Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:51:10 +0000 http://anneturner.wordpress.com/?p=59#comment-62 The restlessness you catch is also familiar. And for me, at least, at my back I always hear Frances Cornford hurrying near: "A young Apollo, golden-haired,/Stands dreaming on the verge of strife,/Magnificently unprepared/For the long littleness of life." She wrote it about Rupert Brooke, but it's all too [un]comfortably familiar, this long littleness... I have certainly enjoyed reading your writing. What a lovely family you are! The restlessness you catch is also familiar. And for me, at least, at my back I always hear Frances Cornford hurrying near: “A young Apollo, golden-haired,/Stands dreaming on the verge of strife,/Magnificently unprepared/For the long littleness of life.” She wrote it about Rupert Brooke, but it’s all too [un]comfortably familiar, this long littleness…

I have certainly enjoyed reading your writing. What a lovely family you are!

]]> Comment on The Nocturnal Family by Gary http://anneturner.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/the-nocturnal-family/#comment-61 Gary Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:48:05 +0000 http://anneturner.wordpress.com/?p=55#comment-61 Oh, you are so right about the feral realit[ies] of those early-morning hours which somehow serve (why do we think they should?) as no barriers between the frightful nightfalls and their foldings of the rueful days. Oh, you are so right about the feral realit[ies] of those early-morning hours which somehow serve (why do we think they should?) as no barriers between the frightful nightfalls and their foldings of the rueful days.

]]> Comment on Could everyone just keep their bodily fluids to themselves? by RomeLover http://anneturner.wordpress.com/2009/03/13/could-everyone-just-keep-their-bodily-fluids-to-themselves/#comment-60 RomeLover Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:30:18 +0000 http://anneturner.wordpress.com/2009/03/13/could-everyone-just-keep-their-bodily-fluids-to-themselves/#comment-60 Upstairs, hunh? And the dog didn't go after the squirrel? You're lucky... I, for one (:-)) would let the dog lick the spit up. Easier to clean off dog licks than that biochemical spill! Upstairs, hunh? And the dog didn’t go after the squirrel? You’re lucky…
I, for one (:-)) would let the dog lick the spit up. Easier to clean off dog licks than that biochemical spill!

]]> Comment on Practicing, again by RomeLover http://anneturner.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/practicing-again/#comment-58 RomeLover Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:05:12 +0000 http://anneturner.wordpress.com/?p=52#comment-58 I love that book. Can't read it too often because of the guilts....can't quite get my walking started either. I love that book. Can’t read it too often because of the guilts….can’t quite get my walking started either.

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